My family is in Palawan Philippines beginning today. But because of internet technology, I have a connection via cellular 3G broadband. And even though I'm at a remote organic farm in Palawan, we have internet. Which means I get to keep up with my employees working in the office. The boss gets to chat with them.

This morning we arrived around 10am in Puerto Princessa city, the capital of Palawan province.

We went to the big market to see the spectacular array of fresh ocean food they have there, never been frozen.

We immediately got organic coconut vinegar for 6 pesos for a small bottle.

I got the Palawan type of sea weed like grapes, different from the ones we get in Manila for 15 pesos per plate. I got 5 plates.

I got 3/4 kilo of live ocean shrimps for P 180.

I got newly put in the plastic fresh this morning sea urchins. For P 20 per little plastic bag. They had live ones there, but I didn't know how to open them up and clean them.

We all went to the restaurant around 11:30am with my wife, my kids and other Palawan locals. They did not mind what I was having for lunch and they also ate some of my stuff. This apparently is normal fare in Palawan where you can get everything fresh and organic. The waiter even asked me courteously if they should remove the shells from my live shrimp. I said yes and they unshelled my live shrimps and presented it in a nice plate presentation which I took a picture of !!! How's that for service?

When we arrived in the organic farm, where we are staying, for refreshments they served us freshly picked coconuts, fresh from the tree jack fruit, fresh from the tree papaya. Ah refreshing.

I'm in tropical paleo paradise right now.

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I just realized how nature spoiled the people are in this province. The organic farm director tells me he doesn't like the taste of fish that has been put in an ice chest!

(Because when he wants fresh fish, he drives over to the local fisherman or local market and gets it freshly caught, never been iced.)

On the way to the organic farm, our host stopped by a young lady selling something on the street.

She was selling TAMILUK ... these are mangrove tree grubs / worms / I do not know what they really are but the locals call it TAMILUK.

These TAMILUK live inside the mangrove trees and eat it inside. You break open a dead tree and harvest these TAMILUK.

You put them in a bowl of vinegar and calamansi (our lemons).

I'm having these grubs for dinner.

I just showed this to our driver and he says he really likes these grubs, says the ones we got are still alive, says when he goes home to his wife he will go and buy some for his wife who also loves eating these grubs.

These Palawan natives are not into cooking these grubs and these are relished to be eaten raw and alive. And they have no idea what raw paleo diet is.

I ate raw calves liver, berries (blue, rasp and straw) and raw beef marrow earlier. I'm not eating at the present, but Edwin, wow, that is so interesting! Thank you for sharing. I have been in mangroves, and saw bioluminescent shrimp, but didn't know what might be in the trees and didn't look. Maybe I'll get a chance in the future.

On the way to the organic farm, our host stopped by a young lady selling something on the street.

She was selling TAMILUK ... these are mangrove tree grubs / worms / I do not know what they really are but the locals call it TAMILUK.

These TAMILUK live inside the mangrove trees and eat it inside. You break open a dead tree and harvest these TAMILUK.

You put them in a bowl of vinegar and calamansi (our lemons).

I'm having these grubs for dinner.

I just showed this to our driver and he says he really likes these grubs, says the ones we got are still alive, says when he goes home to his wife he will go and buy some for his wife who also loves eating these grubs.

These Palawan natives are not into cooking these grubs and these are relished to be eaten raw and alive. And they have no idea what raw paleo diet is.

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Yesterday morning we of course had fruits in the morning.Papaya, coconut, guyabanoand I tasted one raw duck egg we bought at the market the previous day... very fresh... just like the ones laid by our ducks at home.

At lunch I had ordered and fetched ocean crabs (alimasag)... the other day it was my first time to see them alive, even if weak. Now I saw them in a cage by the sea shore and they were alive and running fast. Whoa! I never knew these alimasag ran as fast as those tiny ghost crabs. I bought 2 kilos of these alimasag and I ate 2 pieces... a male and a female alimasag. I asked the kids whether I would bash them with the blunt side of my knife or just chop them "Jedi Style" with the sharp side. My mother in law said use the sharp side to be humanitarian about it and not allow the poor creatures to suffer.

Live ocean crabs (alimasag)... tasty stuff... just a little tedious at the small claws.

In the mid afternoon I just had to taste my palawan born and fed beef sirloin. Fat tasted good. The meat reminds of the traditional christmas ham I used to eat in my SAD days.

In the evening, the farming school students celebrated with my wife and our family so we were sitting at the presidential table so I had to have socials with them and ate 2 pieces of barbecued chicken. After which I scooted over to the kitchen and opened up a small ripe organic papaya hoping to digest the cooked food completely. For the newbies... cooked proteins putrefies.

I ate raw beef heart for dinner. (never frozen, refrigerated for 1 day) It was my first time.Very good! Very tasty. Awesome texture and crunchiness.I just cubed it and used chopsticks.I had some beef muscle on the side and I felt the beef heart was so much better than the beef muscle I usually eat. Raw beef heart tasted like it was for the chief or for the prince and the beef muscle seemed like it was only good enough for the slaves.

No need for jealousy... I'll be happy enough to be your paleo diet tour guide if you visit us in our corner of the world.

Well, I'm going to take you up on that offer. Pupunta ako sa PI pagatapos 2-3 months. Sinabi mo magtitira ka sa Manila, di ba? Usot masyado. I'm going to retire there one day on 30+ acres with a farm. Besides the air pollution problem, life there is soo nice!

Well, I'm going to take you up on that offer. Pupunta ako sa PI pagatapos 2-3 months. Sinabi mo magtitira ka sa Manila, di ba? Usot masyado. I'm going to retire there one day on 30+ acres with a farm. Besides the air pollution problem, life there is soo nice!

Hey... looks like someone has a Filipina girlfriend...

See you in 2 to 3 months.

I live in Marikina City, the whole metropolis conglomeration of cities is called Metro Manila.

Yes, too much smoke in the big city, old japanese diesel engines and 2 stroke motorcycles.

Today I ate a slice of bread with coffee on the side for my breakfast, sinigang na isda and rice for lunch I am planning to have fresh lumpia for dinner.

You are aware that this is a raw paleolithic diet forum, right? It's just that bread/coffee/rice and other cooked or non-palaeo foods are rather against rawpalaeo dietary guidelines. We eat things like raw meat, raw fruit etc/ But perhaps you're just transitioning to rawpalaeo, at this stage.

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